Time pressures, a perceived lack of control over practice decisions and feeling disconnected from colleagues are all drivers of physician dissatisfaction, according to a literature review and survey from the American Medical Association and RAND.
Integration & Physician Issues
Pediatricians undergo the same medical training regime as other physicians, including four years of medical school and three to eight years of internships and residencies, according to Education Portal. While each school has highly competitive admission requirements, some of those…
Most physician assistant programs are roughly three years long and require most of the same prerequisite courses as medical schools, according to the American Academy of Physician Assistants — but some of those three-year schools for PAs stand out amongst…
In the U.S., demand for physicians is expected to grow more quickly than the demand for other professions, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
From 2012 to 2022, the employment rate for physicians and surgeons is expected to jump almost 18 percent, according to a U.S. News & World Report article. For those interested in pursuing a career in the field, the question remains:…
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If you recognize Steve Jacob's name, you might be from Dallas.
There are currently more than 95,000 certified physician assistants in the U.S., according to a paper recently released by the National Governors Association.
The American College of Physician Executives is becoming the American Association for Physician Leadership.
In a webinar hosted by Becker's Hospital Review, experts from xG Health discussed how Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System took the concept of patient-centered care and turned it into a results-producing model.
Administrative burden is the most-cited reason physicians feel their profession is going through a decline, according to a Merritt Hawkins' survey of more than 13,000 physicians in 2012.